HUDSON v. LANIER

Record No. 971006.

497 S.E.2d 471 (1998)

David S. HUDSON v. Christopher M. LANIER, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo Jon Perk, Newport News, for appellant.

John P. Driscoll (Morris & Morris, on brief), Richmond, for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


KEENAN, Justice.

The primary issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in ruling that a plaintiff in a malicious prosecution action failed to prove the element of malice.

We state the evidence in the light most favorable to Frances D. Lanier and Christopher M. Lanier, the prevailing parties in the trial court. Horton v. Horton, 254 Va. 111, 115, 487 S.E.2d 200, 203 (1997); Tuomala v. Regent Univ.,<...

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